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STEPHEN P. ROBBINS
Chapter
MARY COULTER
Organizational Culture
and Environment:
The Constraints
LEARNING OUTLINE
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L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (contd)
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L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (contd)
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Implications:
Culture is a perception.
Culture is shared.
Culture is descriptive.
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Dimension
Organization A
Organization B
High
Low
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Low
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High
High
Stability
Low
High
High
Low
Low
High
Attention to Detail
Outcome Orientation
People Orientation
Team Orientation
Aggressiveness
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Organizational Culture
Sources of Organizational Culture
The organizations founder
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Rituals
Repetitive sequences of activities that express and reinforce the
values of the organization
Material Symbols
Physical assets distinguishing the organization
Language
Acronyms and jargon of terms, phrases, and word meanings
specific to an organization
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Planning
The degree of risk that plans should contain
Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams
The degree of environmental scanning in which management
will engage
Organizing
How much autonomy should be designed into employees jobs
Whether tasks should be done by individuals or in teams
The degree to which department managers interact with each
other
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Leading
The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing
employee job satisfaction
What leadership styles are appropriate
Whether all disagreementseven constructive onesshould
be eliminated
Controlling
Whether to impose external controls or to allow employees to
control their own actions
What criteria should be emphasized in employee performance
evaluations
What repercussions will occur from exceeding ones budget
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Creating an Innovative
Culture
Challenge and
involvement
Freedom
Trust and openness
Idea time
Playfulness/humor
Conflict resolution
Debates
Risk-taking
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Benefits of Spirituality
Improved employee productivity
Reduction of employee turnover
Stronger organizational performance
Increased creativity
Increased employee satisfaction
Increased team performance
Increased organizational performance
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Stakeholder Relationships
Stakeholders
Any constituencies in the organizations environment
that are affected by the organizations decisions and
actions
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Terms to Know
omnipotent view of
management
symbolic view of
management
organizational culture
strong cultures
socialization
workplace spirituality
external environment
specific environment
general environment
environmental uncertainty
environmental complexity
stakeholders
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